Gus McLachlan, chief of plans for the coalition's Joint Command in Kabul, said the international community had a long-term stake in Afghanistan's security.

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Lilith Fair, the all-female act organized by Sarah McLachlan, returns for a second round with more performers, including Bonnie Raitt and Natalie Merchant.

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"That's one of my greatest passions: women and children, " McLachlan says.

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This time around, McLachlan says that even though inequality persists between men and women in North America, Lilith Fair is a want rather than a need.

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He stood down last year amid the expenses scandal, along with then chair and Glasgow Labour councillor Alistair Watson and then vice chair and South Lanarkshire Labour councillor Davie McLachlan.

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Besides Sting and Lauper, stars such as Sheryl Crow, John Mellencamp, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Edie Brickell, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello and The Flaming Lips are making musicals.

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She performed as the opening act on Sarah McLachlan's "Afterglow" tour, and she shared the vocal work with David Bowie on a cover of his hit song "Changes" for the "Shrek 2" movie soundtrack.

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Mr McLachlan began his walk at Fratton Park.

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McLachlan told The Wall Street Journal.

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